Currently

Listening To: “May This Be Love,” Me’Shell Ndegéocello
Longing For: My bed and David Sedaris’ new book
Happy About: Melanie B.’s blog
Unhappy About: Savage Grace’s suckage
Afraid Of: Hillary supporters voting for John McCain
Should Be: Sleeping
Shouldn’t Be: Trying to sing along with In the Heights — four-plus years of living in the Heights they sing of does not a bilingual belter make
Crushing On: Hugh Dancy
Hearing: The strangest iTunes party shuffle sequence ever — Me’Shell, then In the Heights, now Nat King Cole
Seeing: An article in the Times about Michelle Obama’s amazing fashion sense
Smelling: Sandalwood candle
Tasting: Crest Extra Whitening Toothpaste for Sensitive Teeth
Touching: My left eye, trying to get a pesky stray lash out
Crying Over: Finding out that my favorite teacher, Mrs. Boto, who taught creative writing at my high school, is moving to Uganda
Rooting For: The Sex and the City movie tomorrow to be great
Laughing About: My spill tally in the last two days — a salad on my khakis, coffee on a pair of jeans, salsa on that same pair of jeans, sparkling water all over today’s pair of jeans
Wishing For: Red Mango frozen yogurt